Srinagar: A severe cold wave lashed Kashmir Valley and the Ladakh on Saturday as Leh recorded minus 15.8 degrees Celius and the Met forecast no change in conditions for at least the next five days till Thursday. “For the next five days we are not expecting any change in weather. The cold wave conditions are […]
Srinagar: Intense clashes between government forces and civilian protesters erupted in parts of Tral in southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district following killings of sic militants in a gunfight in Armpora village. Eyewitnesses said that youths took to streets and held massive pro-freedom protest demonstrations. Forces deployed at various spots thwarted the demonstrations prompting youths to pelt stones. […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government Friday suspended a deputy excise commissioner after he was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on bribery charges, an official spokesman said. Pending enquiry into his conduct, Syed Muried Hussain Shah (KAS), Dy Excise Commissioner, Jammu, under orders of transfer as Director Land Management, Jammu Development Authority (JDA), has been […]
Srinagar: The BJP on Friday hit out at National Conference chief Farooq Abduallh over his remarks to grant autonomy to Jammu, Ladakh and Kashmir regions if his party comes to power in the state. Abdullah on Thursday had promised regional autonomy if his party comes to power in the state. “I want to make a […]
Srinagar: A gunfight erupted between government forces and militants in Tral village of southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district Saturday morning. Reports said that the gunfight erupted in Armpoora village of Tral after government forces laid a cordon in the village and started search operations. “2 to 3 militants are believed to be trapped in a residential house.” […]
Srinagar: Police on Thursday arrested two drug peddlers including an SPO and recovered two kilograms of charas from their possession, in Awoora area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Reports reaching GNS said that the sleuths of District Special Branch (DSB) of police picked up two persons, Haris Ahmad Shah, son of Farooq Ahmad Shah and […]
Srinagar: With the Centre reportedly allowing government agencies to intercept, monitor, and decrypt ‘any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer’, National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah on Friday said that the Supreme Court should take a long hard look at the legality of the order. “Given that the government has now authorised […]
Srinagar: Amid protest by secretariat employees, the government has ordered cancellation of attachments of Government Employees. “The undersigned is directed to invite the attention of all the Administrative Secretaries to the Circular No. 22-GAD of 2018 dated 06-07-2018, regarding the captioned subject and to request them to implement the instructions contained in the aforementioned circular […]
Jammu: The state of Jammu and Kashmir, which presently is having over 70 civil servants and more than 500 KAS officers, will face crunch in the administrational functioning as out of these, seven IAS and as many as 24 KAS officers are attaining superannuation in the year 2019. Presently there are 72 IAS and 524 KAS […]
Srinagar: The onset of “Chilla-i-Kalan”, the 40-day-long severest part of winter, commenced on Friday with temperatures plummeting below the freezing point across Kashmir valley including Ladakh region. Srinagar, Kashmir’s summer capital, recorded a minimum temperature of minus 4.4 degrees Celsius , MET office said. Leh in Ladakh region recorded a minimum temperature of minus 12.7 degrees […]
